Relation of Offensive Performance during Exclusions and Final Ranking in Female Handball

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine team offensive performance indicators during exclusions related to the final ranking obtained in the tournament. Twenty-nine matches from the 2017 Pan-American Female Championship played by 10 national teams were analyzed using observational methodology. Cramer’s V and Fisher’s exact test were applied to identify associations between the variables. The Chaid algorithm was used to identify performance variables during inequality situations associated with the final ranking. Results showed that teams ranked 1st to 3rd presented a statistically significant relationship (p < 0.001; ASR 5.2) of being in superiority, scoring on 56.8% of their finalizations, while teams ranked 7th to 10 th showed a tendency of ending their attacks in turnovers under inequality situations (p < 0.00; ASR 3.1). Playing with an empty net during inferiority situations was a predictor of winners belonging to the medalist teams in 76.2% of the analyzed situations. It can be concluded that during numerical superiority, the best-ranked teams better handled their possessions. The substitution of the goalkeeper for a court player during inferiority was a predictor of belonging to the medalist group. Playing with the goalkeeper in goal (playing 5 against 6) when the match status was balanced or unbalanced, was a predictor of losing teams that did not end up in the medalist groups.

Development and Validation of an Observational Game Analysis Tool with Artificial Intelligence for Handball: Handball.ai

“…Likewise, Handball.ai is a valid and reliable tool to register game events that have already been considered decisive for achieving maximum performance in handball, such as goals, saves, turnovers, technical mistakes, assists, etc. [ 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 ].…”

“…One of the most pursued study objects has been team discrimination—winners and losers. Research has been carried out in different sport contexts, such as the Olympic Games [ 44 , 45 , 46 ], World Championships [ 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ], European Championships [ 52 ], Pan-American Championships [ 53 ], European Champions League [ 54 , 55 ], national leagues [ 56 , 57 ], semi-professional or amateur contexts [ 58 , 59 ] and youth competitions [ 60 ]. Other investigations based on game-related statistics focused on the role played by the goalkeeper [ 61 ], the impact of the ‘empty goal’ rule of substitution of the goalkeeper by a court player [ 62 ], the influence of variables associated with sport experience [ 63 ], the establishment of an individual performance index rating—’Play Score’ [ 64 ]—the defence-attack relationship [ 65 ], the relevance of contextual variables [ 66 ] or coaching decisions (e.g., time-outs) [ 67 ].…”

Análisis de la eficacia de los lanzamientos a portería en balonmano femenino en Tokio 2020

“…El objetivo principal del balonmano es encontrar oportunidades tácticas para realizar lanzamientos efectivos y marcar goles (González, 2019;Trejo-Silva et al, 2022;Saavedra y Saavedra, 2020). Un contraataque, una finta, un bloqueo o pase y va, un desplazamiento sin balón hacia una zona del campo más cercana a la portería y sin defensas, un sistema de juego ofensivo, etc., son todos mecanismos que buscan posicionar a un jugador en las mejores condiciones para lanzar en una situación de confrontación directa entre el portero y el lanzador (Antón, 2023, p.13).…”

“…Particularmente, Francia y Noruega mantuvieron una eficacia alta durante todos los períodos y especialmente en momentos críticos, habiendo destacado Francia en el segundo período que exponenVuleta et al, (2005) como uno de dichos momentos. El aumento en la eficacia de lanzamiento por parte de los equipos medallistas en esos momentos del juego se podría explicar por el aprovechamiento del contexto de superioridad numérica ofensiva (en la cantidad de jugadoras) como consecuencia de exclusiones que, según estudios anteriores(Prieto, Gómez y Sampaio, 2015; Trejo-Silva, Camacho Cardenosa, Camacho Cardenosa, González Ramírez y Brazo Sayavera, 2018;Trejo-Silva et al, 2022), se presenta coincidentemente en esos momentos de partido. Durante el juego en superioridad la eficacia de los equipos ganadores (ubicados en las primeras posiciones del ranking del Panamericano Femenino 2017) es superior al de los rivales, que en esos mismos momentos se encuentran en inferioridad(Trejo-Silva, Feu, Camacho Cardenosa, Camacho Cardenosa y Brazo Sayavera., 2022).…”